Wall element for a drawer side and drawer side, drawer and piece of furniture

ABSTRACT

A wall element for a drawer side of a drawer, having a drawer side body consisting of a base part which has a cavity for receiving a drawer slide system and a casing element for encasing the base part, is proposed. According to the invention, the wall element forms at least the upper part of the drawer side with an upper end face and opposing vertical wall sections, wherein the wall element is designed to be plugged onto the drawer side body from above and to be fixed to the drawer side body.

This application claims the benefit under 35 USC §119(a)-(d) of GermanApplication No. 20 2014 104 923.1 filed Oct. 16, 2014, the entirety ofwhich is incorporated herein by reference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a wall element for a drawer side and adrawer side having such a wall element, and a drawer having acorresponding drawer side and to a piece of furniture having such adrawer.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The prior art already discloses various embodiments of in particularhollow-chamber drawer sides for drawers.

Hollow-chamber drawer sides have the advantage that drawer slide systemscan be accommodated therein, with the result that for example overallheight can be saved, and can be maximized for a drawer in a case with anundermount slide.

Such hollow-chamber drawer sides can be realized with differentsurfaces, in particular, through the choice of color of a bentsheet-metal part that forms the outer contour of the hollow-chamberdrawer side.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention is based on the object of expanding the possible designsof a drawer side, in particular a hollow-chamber drawer side.

First of all, the invention proceeds from a wall element for a drawerside of a drawer, having a drawer side body which a base part which hasa cavity for receiving a drawer slide system and a casing element forencasing the base part. The essence of the invention is now that thewall element forms at least the upper part of the drawer side with anupper end face and opposing vertical wall sections, and that the wallelement is designed to be plugged onto the drawer side body from aboveand to be fixed to the drawer side body.

The wall element preferably covers at least a part of the casingelement. Optionally, it is configured such that it at least partiallycovers the casing element in the side region, too.

The wall element is preferably configured for a drawer side body whichis capable of providing the supporting forces for the drawer system,that is to say already forms on its own a statically load-bearing systemfor a drawer slide system. The wall element is snap-fastened on thedrawer side body and/or clamped thereto and therefore preferably definesthe visual appearance of the drawer side in important regions.

Furthermore, it is preferred for a wiping lip for abutment against a topside of a drawer bottom to be provided. In this way, a good attachmentto the rest of the drawer can be achieved with the wall element. As seeninternally from above, the wall element thus defines the entire outerside of the drawer side from the drawer bottom to the upper end face.

In a further preferred embodiment of the invention, in the stateattached to the casing element of the drawer side, the wall elementforms a cavity, extending along the length of the drawer side, above thecasing element.

This produces great flexibility in specifying the height of the drawerside, which is freely adaptable over the entire height of the cavity ofthe wall element via a drawer side body. The base part with the casingelement does not obstruct at any point. Preferably, the wall elementextends along the entire length of the drawer side.

In order to be able to realize various design impressions with littlecomplexity on the drawer side, it is additionally proposed that the wallelement has a recess for insertion of a decorative surface. Thedecorative surface can extend for example over the entire surface on theouter side from the recess to the end face and along the full length ofthe wall element. In a furthermore preferred embodiment of theinvention, the wall element covers a part of the casing element of thedrawer side in the mounted state. Optionally, the wall element isconfigured to butt in a flush manner against a horizontal section of thedrawer side body, in particular of the casing element in the mountedstate.

In another configuration of the invention, it is furthermoreadvantageous for the wall element to form the outer contour of thedrawer side, which is visible to a user internally from above andexternally from above in a state mounted on a finished drawer.

Preferably, the outer contour is completely formed by the wall elementon a finished drawer when viewed externally from above or internallyfrom above, i.e. the wall element completely covers the drawer side bodyapart from a lower opening for a drawer slide system and end openingsfor attaching the front wall and rear wall.

It is furthermore advantageous for the wall element to extend along morethan half the length of the drawer side. In this way, the drawer sidecan be formed predominantly by the wall element.

It is additionally advantageous for the wall element to have markedfastening points for attaching to the drawer side body. For example, thewall element is mounted, for example clipped, on vertically extendingmounting posts at the marked fastening points, in particular by beingmoved from above.

In an additionally favorable embodiment of the invention, the wallelement is an angled sheet-metal part. Such a part can be producedcost-effectively and in particular with different decorations, inparticular colors.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

A number of exemplary embodiments are explained in more detail by way ofthe drawings below, with further details and advantages being specified.

FIG. 1 shows a detail of a drawer in a three-dimensional view;

FIG. 2 shows a drawer side body in a sectional view;

FIG. 3 shows a hollow-chamber drawer side in a sectional view;

FIG. 4 shows a detail of the hollow-chamber drawer side according toFIG. 3, likewise in a sectional view;

FIG. 5 shows a hollow-chamber drawer side in a three-dimensional view;

FIG. 6 shows the hollow-chamber drawer side from FIG. 5 integrated intoa drawer structure in a three-dimensional partial view of the drawer;

FIGS. 7a and 7b show a detail of a hollow-chamber drawer side withmounting means for a drawer front and partially illustrated drawerbottom in a front view (7 a) and a perspective view obliquely from above(7 b); and

FIGS. 8a to 8d show various wall elements for a hollow-chamber drawerside for example according to FIGS. 1 and 2 in each case in perspectivepartial views.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

FIG. 1 shows a detail of a drawer 1 having a drawer front 2, a rear wall3, a drawer bottom 4 and a drawer side body 5. The drawer side body 5 isillustrated in section in FIG. 2.

The drawer side body 5 comprises a casing element 6 and a base part 7.The casing element 6 covers the base part 7 on a right-hand outer side8, a horizontal connecting section 9 and an inner side 10 as far as awiping lip 11. Provided on the base part 7 are attachment devices 12 forfixing a drawer slide system. Furthermore, the base part 7 comprises, ona support 7 a, fastening claws 13 for a drawer bottom 4 arranged on thesupport 7 a (see also FIGS. 7a and 7b ). The casing element has forexample a height of 46 mm, whereas the height of the base part 7 on theouter side is one or two millimeters less.

In principle, the drawer side body 5, as a complete hollow-chamberdrawer side, could be used as a drawer wall in a drawer according toFIG. 1.

In the present case, the horizontal connecting section 9 has apertures14, 15.

The apertures 14, 15 are passed through preferably by post-like mountingmeans which are connected to the base part 7 and project beyond thehorizontal connecting section 9 of the casing element 6. Such connectingmeans 16 are partially illustrated for example in FIG. 7b . Preferably,it is not only the base part 7 that is fastened to the connecting means16, but also the casing element 6, in particular in the region of thehorizontal connecting section 9.

This produces a rigid, comparatively stable arrangement of the base part7, the casing element 6 and the connecting means 16.

The connecting means 16 serve for example to hold a hollow wall element17 (see in particular FIGS. 3 to 5). For example, the wall element 17has fastening points for attaching to the connecting means 16.

The then complete hollow-chamber drawer side 18 consisting of the drawerside body 5 and wall element 17 is depicted in FIG. 5.

Both the casing element 6 and the wall element 17 are preferablymanufactured from sheet metal as bent sheet-metal parts.

The wall element 17 comprises an outer wall 17 a, an inner wall 17 b anda horizontal section 17 c.

In the embodiment according to FIGS. 3 to 5, the wall element 17 isfitted in a flush manner on the horizontal connecting section 9 of thecasing element 6. In this way, the outer side of the hollow-chamberdrawer side 18 is defined by the wall element 17 and the casing element6.

The wall element 17 is preferably only plugged onto the drawer side body5 at the connecting means 16.

In this way, it is possible to easily equip a drawer side body 5 withdifferent wall elements 17 which have different designs, for exampledifferent colors.

A drawer side 18 constructed in such a way thus has great flexibilitywith regard to individual customer wishes concerning the design of adrawer.

A drawer 19 equipped with the hollow-chamber drawer side 18 is depictedin FIG. 6. The hollow-chamber drawer side 18 and a part of the drawerfront 2 and a part of the rear wall 3 can be seen.

At a rear end 20, the outer side 8 of the casing element 6 is longerthan the wall element 17 or the rest of the drawer side body 5 by a wallthickness d of the rear wall 3, such that the outer side 8 covers anarrow side 21 of the rear wall 3 at the rear end 20 as seen from theoutside.

In the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 1 to 5, the casingelement 6 bears on the base part 7, in particular also the horizontalconnecting section 9, so as to follow the contour of the base part. Thisproduces a compact, rigid structure.

The base part 7 advantageously extends along the greatest part of alength 1 of the casing element 6, at least along more than 50% of thislength, such that the base part 7 represents an independent holdingstructure for a drawer slide system.

The wall element 17 can be configured in different manners.

In the configuration according to FIGS. 3 to 6 and 7 a and 7 b, the wallelement 17 ends at the horizontal connecting section 9 such that thecasing element 6 provides the wiping lip 11 for a drawer bottom 4 (seein particular FIGS. 7a and 7b ).

The casing element 6 is passed through in the vertical direction by theconnecting means 16. The connecting means 16 can serve not only to holdthe wall element 17 but also for attaching the drawer front 2 and therear wall 3.

FIGS. 8a-8d illustrate perspective views of portions of four differentconfigurations of wall elements.

FIG. 8a shows the wall element 17 corresponding to FIGS. 3 to 6 and 7 aand 7 b.

FIG. 8b depicts a wall element 22 which comprises an extended inner side22 b with a wiping lip 11. In this embodiment, the wall element 22,which is in particular able to be plugged on in a comparable manner tothe wall element 17, thus defines the complete inner side of a drawerfrom a horizontal section 22 c to a drawer bottom 4. An outer side 22 acorresponds to the outer side 17 a of the wall element 17.

The embodiment according to FIG. 8c differs from that according to FIG.8b in that now an outer side 23 a of the wall element 23 also completelycovers both the remaining horizontal connecting section 9 and the outerside 8 of the casing element 6 in the plugged-on state. This means thatthe wall element 23 provides both the inner side and the outer side of adrawer side. This results in even greater possibilities of quickly andeasily designing a hollow-chamber drawer side differently, as a wholeand individually, for example as per customer wishes.

FIG. 8d shows a wall element 24 with a solid configuration, for examplemade of glass, wood, material components or concrete, which isattachable to the connecting means 16 between receptacles (notillustrated).

This, too, results in great design freedom for using wall elements 24with a solid configuration or at least the same geometric dimensions.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

-   1 Drawer-   2 Drawer front-   3 Rear wall-   4 Drawer bottom-   5 Drawer side body-   6 Casing element-   7 Base part-   7 a Support-   8 Outer side-   9 Horizontal connecting section-   10 Inner side-   11 Wiping lip-   12 Attachment device-   13 Fastening claw-   14 Aperture-   15 Aperture-   16 Connecting means-   17 Wall element-   17 a Outer side-   17 b Inner side-   17 c Horizontal section-   18 Hollow-chamber drawer side-   19 Drawer-   20 Rear end-   21 Narrow side-   22 Wall element-   22 a Outer side-   22 b Inner side-   22 c Horizontal section-   23 Wall element-   24 Wall element

1. A wall element for a drawer side of a drawer, having a drawer sidebody consisting of a base part which has a cavity for receiving a drawerslide system and a casing element for encasing the base part, whereinthe wall element forms at least the upper part of the drawer side withan upper end face and opposing vertical wall sections, and in that thewall element is designed to be plugged onto the drawer side body fromabove and to be fixed to the drawer side body.
 2. The wall elementaccording to claim 1, wherein a wiping lip for abutment against a topside of a drawer bottom is provided.
 3. The wall element according toclaim 1, wherein in the state attached to the casing element of thedrawer side, the wall element forms a cavity, extending along the lengthof the drawer side, above the casing element.
 4. The wall elementaccording to claim 1, wherein the wall element has a recess forinsertion of a decorative surface.
 5. The wall element according toclaim 1, wherein the wall element covers a part of the casing element ofthe drawer side in the mounted state.
 6. The wall element according toclaim 1, wherein the wall element forms the outer contour of the drawerside, which is visible to a user internally and externally from above ina state mounted on a finished drawer.
 7. The wall element according toclaim 1, wherein the wall element extends along more than half thelength of the drawer side.
 8. The wall element according to claim 1,wherein the wall element has marked fastening points for attaching tothe drawer side body.
 9. The wall element according to claim 1, whereinthe wall element is an angled sheet-metal part.
 10. A drawer side havinga wall element according to claim
 1. 11. A drawer having a drawer sideaccording to claim
 10. 12. A piece of furniture having a draweraccording to claim 11.